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Effective resumes take more than the best paper, eye-catching fonts and proper formatting. As writer and blogger Debra auerbach write in Sunday’s (June 2, 2013) Courier-Post, it takes keywords.
Here is a comprehensive list — many of which are in Chapter 6 of The Public Relatins Practitioner’s Playbook for (all) Strategic Communicators. Many are action verbs. Others are self-descriptive words. research proves, keywords do work.
Here is my list thanks to the Internet and my books:
Action Verbs…
| accelerated | activated | adapted | administered | analyzed |
| approved | assisted | completed | conceived | conduced |
| controlled | coordinated | created | delegated | developed |
| directed | eliminated | established | evaluated | expanded |
| expedited | experienced | expanded | facilitated | generated |
| implemented | improved | increased | influenced | initiated |
| interpreted | launched | lead | lectured | maintained |
| managed | mastered | motivated | organized | originated |
| participated | performed | pinpointed | planned | prepared |
| programmed | proposed | proved | recommended | reduced |
| reinforced | revamped | reviewed | revised | scheduled |
| set-up | simplified | solved | streamlined | structured |
| supervised | supported | taught | trained | worked |
| removed | reorganized | repeated | responsible |
Self-descriptive Words…
| accurately | active | adaptable | adept | aggressive |
| alert | ambitious | analytical | assertive | astute |
| attentive | aware | broad-minded | challenging | competent |
| conscientious | consistent | constructive | contributor | creative |
| dependable | determined | diplomatic | disciplined | discreet |
| diverse | dynamic | easily | economical | efficient |
| energetic | enterprising | enthusiastic | exceptional | experienced |
| expertise | extensively | extraverted | facilitator | fair |
| forceful | foresight | high-level | honest | imaginative |
| independent | initiative | innovative | instrumental | insightful |
| leading | logical | loyal | mature | methodical |
| objective | optimistic | participated | perceptive | personable |
| pioneering | pleasant | positive | practical | productive |
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